Heads Up - New Series of "Car Wars" - BBC1
Discussion
I did enjoy the show but, like you all mention above, it is getting slightly tedious;
scrote drives away from police
police chase
helicopter follows
set up stinger
stinger kills tyres
object car drives slow
scrote legs it
helicopter tells police where scrote is
as interesting as it is (and more and more it's making me want to become a traffic officer :bib
there is some repitition. However, this show probably does more to anti-car-crime than the punishments do!!
(PS: Did anybody else note the sickening irony. 21:59 last night BBC 1 "the man who dealt in stolen cars received a £200 fine". 22:00 on BBC 1 last night "don't pay your TV license, we'll find you oh yes we will, and £1000 fine).
scrote drives away from police
police chase
helicopter follows
set up stinger
stinger kills tyres
object car drives slow
scrote legs it
helicopter tells police where scrote is
as interesting as it is (and more and more it's making me want to become a traffic officer :bib
there is some repitition. However, this show probably does more to anti-car-crime than the punishments do!! (PS: Did anybody else note the sickening irony. 21:59 last night BBC 1 "the man who dealt in stolen cars received a £200 fine". 22:00 on BBC 1 last night "don't pay your TV license, we'll find you oh yes we will, and £1000 fine).
TonyHetherington said:
I did enjoy the show but, like you all mention above, it is getting slightly tedious;
scrote drives away from police
police chase
helicopter follows
set up stinger
stinger kills tyres
object car drives slow
scrote legs it
helicopter tells police where scrote is
as interesting as it is (and more and more it's making me want to become a traffic officer :bib
(PS: Did anybody else note the sickening irony. 21:59 last night BBC 1 "the man who dealt in stolen cars received a £200 fine". 22:00 on BBC 1 last night "don't pay your TV license, we'll find you oh yes we will, and £1000 fine).
I found that hard to take too. The guy with the lockup and cloning operation was probably involved with a gang that break into peoples houses to get keys, probably tooled up, and he gets £200 fine? He probably hand to be helped out of court because he was laughing so much.
Was nice to see our boys on the TV, the tracker unit on the roof is indeed held on with magnets and is only put on the roof when required.
I do wish GMP would get some plain armour covers though so they can be worn under a shirt, we used to get both but no such luck with the new style.
I do wish GMP would get some plain armour covers though so they can be worn under a shirt, we used to get both but no such luck with the new style.
tonto said:
I found that hard to take too. The guy with the lockup and cloning operation was probably involved with a gang that break into peoples houses to get keys, probably tooled up, and he gets £200 fine? He probably hand to be helped out of court because he was laughing so much.
Agreed. It would cost the owner more to fit the tracker that lead the police to the car.
FQ300 was quick, but I'd have thought a class 1 driver in a Scooby WRX could have kept it in sight at least. Or was it simply that the crims in the Evo were willing to take excessive risk that the police driver could not.
Mr E said:
FQ300 was quick, but I'd have thought a class 1 driver in a Scooby WRX could have kept it in sight at least. Or was it simply that the crims in the Evo were willing to take excessive risk that the police driver could not.
I thought exactly the same 2 identical points last night when watching. Namely that I'd have thought that the coppers would be able to overcome 271bhp vs 300bhp, but then concluded that they were not taking the risks that the Evo boys were. (quite correctly, IMO)
Dwight VanDriver said:
Is it just me but are not these programmes old hat?
Plod sees stolen vehicle,
Plod gives chase,
Plod stops and arrests.
Plod sees stolen vehicle,
Plod gives chase,
Plod stops and arrests.
Plod sees stolen vehicle,
Plod gives chase,
Plod stops and arrests.
Plod sees stolen vehicle,
Plod gives chase,
Plod stops and arrests.
Lets go behind the scenes and show the development of the databases, Stolen vehicles Squad examinations, case file preparation etc by taking a case all the way through from start to finish.
dvd
has been done in the past, particularly the stolen vehicle squad exams intersting as a one off, not a weekly series
Tonyrec said:
An interesting programme even though its not particularly different to the ones broadcast last year.
One question - there was a very brief shot of 4 aerials attached to a square plate on the roof of what looked like one of the unmarked cars - I assume these are some kind of communcations system ? I also assume that not all the unmarked cars have these otherwise it would be a bit of giveaway when trying to follow someone discreetly
Tracker aerials.......sadly.
What's the problem Tony? Don't you like being checked up on - like the rest of us?
Best wishes all,
Dave.
TripleS said:
An interesting programme even though its not particularly different to the ones broadcast last year.
One question - there was a very brief shot of 4 aerials attached to a square plate on the roof of what looked like one of the unmarked cars - I assume these are some kind of communcations system ? I also assume that not all the unmarked cars have these otherwise it would be a bit of giveaway when trying to follow someone discreetly
Tracker aerials.......sadly.
What's the problem Tony? Don't you like being checked up on - like the rest of us?
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Dave, no,lol.....they are the aerials for the Tracker unit to help us find tracker equipped vehicles.
On this particular vehicle, they are, as has already been pointed out...removable as its a secret squirrel car
Dwight VanDriver said:
Lets go behind the scenes and show the development of the databases, Stolen vehicles Squad examinations, case file preparation etc by taking a case all the way through from start to finish.
dvd
DvD
Camera crews and producers from Channel 4 have done two or three attachments with our Motorway unit, over the last 18 months or so. They are filming for a documentary about serious/fatal RTCs, from the initial job, through the scene investigation, location, identification and prosecution of offenders.
I'm led to believe they will also be dealing with next of kin, and other agencies involved (Fire, Ambulance, Hosiptals, CPS, Court system, Offender rehabilitation etc) to give a holistic picture of collisions, and the effects they have on all those involved.
I can't tell you when it's due to be screened, unfortunately, but if I find out, I'll let you know.
Dons flameproof coat, and waits for first PHer to start mutterings about programme being unfairly skewed to promote the "speed kills" mantra...
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